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2006-09-24 02:32:04 · 26 answers · asked by goodbye and good luck :-) 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
wow so many answers so soon you guys must be bored lol!
2006-09-24 02:38:48 · update #1
Normal is what the majority do, therefore normal changes with time, fashion, culture and locality
2006-09-24 02:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by welsh_witch_sally 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
normal [adjective]
1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
2. serving to establish a standard.
3. Psychology. a. approximately average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.
b. free from any mental disorder; sane.
4. Biology, Medicine/Medical.
a. free from any infection or other form of disease or malformation, or from experimental therapy or manipulation.
b. of natural occurrence.
5. Mathematics.
a. being at right angles, as a line; perpendicular.
b. of the nature of or pertaining to a mathematical normal.
c. (of an orthogonal system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the square of the absolute value of any function is 1.
d. (of a topological space) having the property that corresponding to every pair of disjoint closed sets are two disjoint open sets, each containing one of the closed sets.
e. (of a subgroup) having the property that the same set of elements results when all the elements of the subgroup are operated on consistently on the left and consistently on the right by any element of the group; invariant.
6. Chemistry.
a. (of a solution) containing one equivalent weight of the constituent in question in one liter of solution.
b. pertaining to an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straight unbranched carbon chain, each carbon atom of which is joined to no more than two other carbon atoms.
c. of or pertaining to a neutral salt in which any replaceable hydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms have been replaced by other groups or atoms, as sodium sulfate, Na2SO4.
[noun]
7. the average or mean: Production may fall below normal.
8. the standard or type.
9. Mathematics.
a. a perpendicular line or plane, esp. one perpendicular to a tangent line of a curve, or a tangent plane of a surface, at the point of contact.
b. the portion of this perpendicular line included between its point of contact with the curve and the x-axis.
2006-09-24 09:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by sarcasticquotemarks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a mispelling of Norman. It means characteristic, plain Jane, it tastes a bit like tepid water, or like chewing on a piece of cardboard. it's sounds like a room full of people all laughing at the same joke or crying at the same song with the same tempo, in the same key. It's the feeling of walking into a room full of people all wearing identical clothes all having the same name. Actually that's pretty abnormal but you might feel normal at least. Normal is there to remind us of what we are not and if we ever got there we would probably start running in the opposite direction as soon as we realised what it was.
2006-09-24 09:51:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gave up years ago of trying to be normal was to Boring
2006-09-24 09:35:15 · answer #4 · answered by liongirl_40 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something that the Majority have accepted as the way forward. By majority, i'm talking a minum of millions if not billions.
Iits ormal to like choclate - The definition above in use. (probably accepted by billions).
2006-09-24 09:35:27 · answer #5 · answered by 17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm, well I dont believe that there is a such thing as normal, because there are too many variables in life, but I guess if I was going to try to define "normal" I would suggest that it is "what ordinarily comes to pass" or the "usual thing".
Tricky but good question :-)
2006-09-24 09:36:17 · answer #6 · answered by psycgirl25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a phsycologist but this is how I see...normal...
Normal is whatever..normal..is to you..!!
eg..you go to a doctor for high colesterol, after weeks of medication she or he says, it is now within the normal limits...but reading the report suggests it is still too high..but it is normal..for your..own range limits...make sense?...
Other end of the scale now..eg..the alcocholic is on a massive binge, drunk, abusive, very noisy and annoying...three or four days later, another neighbour says..oh, he is ..normal now...
Well what that means is, he certainly is not normal, but his quiet period is...normal for him...
Hope this helps to normalise this question for you..haha
2006-09-24 09:41:31 · answer #7 · answered by ozzy chik... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My experience is that each person defines "normal" as whatever they have learned and experienced. So it's different for each of us. It's a funny concept, isn't it?
2006-09-24 09:43:34 · answer #8 · answered by barbiehow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can look at various dictionary definitions (example):
Psychology. a. approximately average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.
b. free from any mental disorder; sane.
But really, why would you want to be normal? :)
2006-09-24 09:35:12 · answer #9 · answered by Kristina F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometime I'd like to know what normal really is lol.
2006-09-24 12:22:59 · answer #10 · answered by peterboro_first 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋